Karrakatta Plate: Date, how to watch, past winners and more

The Karrakatta Plate is a Group 2 thoroughbred horse race that takes place at Ascot racecourse, Perth, in April.

Run at set weights, over a distance of 1200m, the Karrakatta Plate is for horses aged two-years-old.

With a total prize fund of $500,000, the Karrakatta Plate always attracts a field of high-quality sprinters.

Here is everything you need to know about the Karrakatta Plate.

Karrakatta Plate date

The Karrakatta Plate is regarded as the premier two-year-old race on the Perth racing calendar, and takes place in April each year.

It used to be raced in December, but is now part of the Perth autumn racing carnival.

The 2025 edition of the Karrakatta Plate will take place on Saturday 26th April.

Karrakatta Plate time

The exact start time of the Karrakatta Plate has yet to be announced.

However in 2024 it was Race 7 on a bumper card and is likely to remain the same in 2025.

Karrakatta Plate venue

The Karrakatta Plate is always raced at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Western Australia.

The exception was in 2005, when the race was held at Belmont Park racecourse.

Karrakatta Plate how to watch

The Karrakatta Plate will be shown free-to-air on Channel 7, and also via the 7Plus app.

Karrakatta Plate prize money

The total amount of prize money for the Karrakatta Plate stands at a cool $500,000.

Karrakatta Plate history

The Karrakatta Plate has a long and proud history, and was first raced way back in 1900.

Back then it was a Principal Race and was raced over a distance of 1000 metres.

The very first Karrakatta Plate was won by a horse named Willie.

The Karrakatta Plate was a Group 2 race between 1979 and 1984, before earning Group 1 status from 1985 to 1998.

Then in 1999 it was back to a Group 2 and has remained that way ever since.

Karrakatta Plate past winners

Bustling was the winner of the 2024 edition of the Karrakatta Plate.

There have been other notable winners as well including Amelia’s Jewel in 2022.

Karrakatta Plate odds

Yes Queen is the hot fancy to win the 2025 edition of the Karrakatta Plate and can be backed at 3.25.

Talkanco is available at 5.00, then Castle Road is next in the betting at 10.00.

Any odds displayed were correct at the time of writing and are subject to fluctuation.